A compendium of colorful and creative ideas, practical techniques and easy-to-follow projects for every occasion including birthdays, holidays, special events, weddings, anniversaries, friendships and happy times, with more than 200 stunning projects and mini projects, 150 versatile techniques and 2200 color photographs.
Here is a delightful collection of 30 easy-to-make bags to suit every outfit and occasion.
200 step-by-step techniques and projects with 1100 photographs - a comprehensive course in making cards, envelopes, invitations, tags and papers in a host of different styles.
Discover just how easy it is to make your own gorgeous beaded jewelry with readily available semi-precious beads and stones! Beautiful Beaded Jewelry for Beginners shows you how to create fantastic day and evening pieces--necklaces, chokers, bracelets, cuffs, brooches, earrings, and rings--that will brighten up any outfit. Crafting expert Cheryl Owen offers 25 stunning designs that can be created in just a matter of hours, and explains every simple technique you need to get started. Each project is presented in full step-by-step detail, showing you exactly what to do.
Provides instruction in the techniques required for home sewing, each with one or more accompanying projects.
Gill Dickinson and Cheryl Owen-both authors of many popular crafts books-have teamed up to create a volume jam-packed with more than 100 stimulating projects (plus variations) for 2- to 10-year-olds. Designed to maximize children's imaginations, these activities provide plenty of space for kids to stretch their own creative muscles. Little hands will happily keep busy creating and crafting with everything from enjoyably messy clays and paints to fabrics, beads, and other materials. A jazzy t-shirt, fancy cake, or hand-painted wrapping it's here, with easy-to-follow instructions and templates to help kids along.
Since the beginning of time, crafts have been fashioned and given special significance. From amulets made by cave-dwellers to the dream-catchers of Native American Indians, crafts can have beautiful and often very moving meanings to the giver, receiver and maker. In this book we cross the globe in search of crafts that can be made which have a value beyond themselves, as instruments to signify all manner of mystical and other meanings. Many are derived from wise, ancient culture.The book is divided into six chapters, each one focusing on a different craft medium. Chapter One looks at crafts which use materials taken from nature - create an original Aboriginal Tree Bark Painting, or a North American Indian dream-catcher. Chapter Two explores how items or symbols are used to protect or bring good things to the wearer - learn how to make an Evil Eye protective amulet, or a Cuna Indian piece of mola applique.Chapter Three features crafts from the earth, such as a Navajo sand painting and a Scarab brooch. Chapter Four looks at flowers and plants and their symbolism, and includes Indian chalk painting designs. Chapter Five features sewing, cloth and clothing. Chapter Six explores the versatility of paper, with Chinese paper lanterns, and shadow puppets.
Making your own custom accessories is a great way to add colour, texture and comfort to your life-and can be fun too! Sew-It-Yourself Home Accessories offers 21 simple and beautiful projects to create with natural cotton.
